Remove the erase disk option on the finder macOS Sequoia

Placing Erase Disk next to Eject Disk is a really bad idea. I wonder how this got thru beta without any feedback. I like the idea of having the Erase disk option in the menu. It just needs to be placed far away from the most commonly used menu item Eject Disk. I hope Apple is listening.

YES! I have almost erased my disk TWICE today, this is really bad, please change it!

Thanks, but the menu is in the wrong place, delete and eject should not be next to each other.

I totally agree with the original poster, it is sheer madness to put a seldom used and dangerous contextual menu item next to a much used one. This is so far from Apple's own Human Interface Guidelines. I cannot in the least understand how some here can defend something so obviously silly with arguments like 'then don't use it' or 'I don't use it, so neither should you'.

Get a habit to use Command-E (or File > Eject).

This is especially risky for marginalized people.

Neurodivergent people, or others like myself who largely use bouma shape reading, will see "Erase" and "Eject" with similar word shapes, both starting with "E," and both in the same relative spot that they expect in the menu, and click the first one they see - not realizing until a split second later which one they actually clicked.

Similar risks for people who suffer from double vision or similar eyesight challenges.

And someone with Parkinson's, Tourette Syndrome, or any other condition that affects motor function, could end up clicking the wrong option just from a sudden tremor.

And that's before you even consider people who are just in a rush or have developed muscle memory that lulls them into false sense of security, and absentmindedly click the wrong thing.

In my opinion, it makes logical sense to put Erase at the bottom of the list, possibly underneath a category separation line - giving it a prominent placement that creates a subliminal difference from any other option on the menu, and also implies that it's least likely to be used on a daily basis.

over the last 15 years or so of daily mac use, I maybe have erased a removable disk once. Kind of mind boggling who thought that we deeded a shortcut to do that. Give us the option to remove it, or at least put it in services.

I've just discovered this option by accident, like many others here. I've sent some feedback to Apple to move/remove this option and I suggest you do as well:

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This is a terrible feature... i've submitted my feedback on this Product Feedback - Apple

please do the same

...you're trolling right? This is 100% rage bait.

Edit: this was supposed to be a reply to the person suggesting to use the terminal as a solution. I don't use the forums often and thought this response would appear under theirs.

it gives you a mini heartache though

I don't believe it's possible to remove it. You can always mention it to Apple.

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PSzep wrote:

YES! I have almost erased my disk TWICE today, this is really bad, please change it!

If the erase dialog comes up, just click "cancel"

For me being a long time Windows user clicking the Right mouse button for the context menu is second nature. I will definitely be retraining my brain to use the drag to trash, Mac method.

I wasn't suggesting you retrain anything. I just figured dragging the disk to the Trash would completely freak you out if having the Erase Disk command next to Eject Disk is so traumatizing.

grdh20 wrote:

over the last 15 years or so of daily mac use, I maybe have erased a removable disk once. Kind of mind boggling who thought that we deeded a shortcut to do that. Give us the option to remove it, or at least put it in services.

A menu command is not a shortcut.